Supreme Court of India · 2021-04-05
KIRAN DEVI vs BIHAR STATE SUNNI WAKF BOARD
- Citation / case number
- SC 2013/11190
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- KIRAN DEVI
- Respondent
- BIHAR STATE SUNNI WAKF BOARD
- Author
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KISHAN KAUL
- Bench
- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK BHUSHAN, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. ABDUL NAZEER, HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the legality of tenancy rights in a case involving a joint Hindu family. The High Court had ruled that the Karta of the family was not competent to surrender tenancy rights, leading to the appellant's dispossession. The Supreme Court upheld the High Court's decision, affirming that the tenancy rights were inherited within the joint family and could not be unilaterally surrendered by the Karta.